diff --git a/distro/INSTALL b/distro/INSTALL
deleted file mode 100644
index ce0e21d..0000000
--- a/distro/INSTALL
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Used as a Library in the gCube Framework
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distro/MAINTAINERS b/distro/MAINTAINERS
deleted file mode 100644
index 84395c3..0000000
--- a/distro/MAINTAINERS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Lucio lelii (lucio.lelii@isti.cnr.it), CNR Pisa,
-Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo".
diff --git a/distro/README b/distro/README
index c68a236..26ed44c 100644
--- a/distro/README
+++ b/distro/README
@@ -1,47 +1,65 @@
-The gCube System - spd client library
-
-------------------------------------------------------------
-
-This work has been partially supported by the following European projects: DILIGENT (FP6-2003-IST-2),
-D4Science (FP7-INFRA-2007-1.2.2), D4Science-II (FP7-INFRA-2008-1.2.2), iMarine (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2011-2),
-and EUBrazilOpenBio (FP7-ICT-2011-EU-Brazil).
-
-
+The gCube System - ${name}
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+${description}
+
+
+${gcube.description}
+
+${gcube.funding}
+
+
+Version
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+${version} (${buildDate})
+
+Please see the file named "changelog.xml" in this directory for the release notes.
+
+
Authors
--------
+--------------------------------------------------
-* Lucio Lelii (lucio.lelii@isti.cnr.it), CNR Pisa,
+* Lucio Lelii (lucio.lelii-AT-isti-DOT-cnr-DOT-it), CNR Pisa,
Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo".
-
-Version and Release Date
-------------------------
-
-v. 1.0.0 (04-05-2012)
- * First release
-
-
-Description
+Maintainers
-----------
+* Lucio Lelii (lucio.lelii-AT-isti-DOT-cnr-DOT-it), CNR Pisa,
+ Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo".
-
-
- Download information
---------------------
-
+Download information
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+Source code is available from SVN:
+ ${scm.url}
+
+Binaries can be downloaded from the gCube website:
+ ${gcube.website}
+
+
+Installation
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+Installation documentation is available on-line in the gCube Wiki:
+ ${gcube.wikiRoot}
Documentation
--------------
-
-Documentation is available on-line from the Projects Documentation Wiki:
-https://gcube.wiki.gcube-system.org/gcube/index.php/Biodiversity_Access
-
-
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+Documentation is available on-line in the gCube Wiki:
+ ${gcube.wikiRoot}/Biodiversity_Access
+
+
+Support
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+Bugs and support requests can be reported in the gCube issue tracking tool:
+ ${gcube.issueTracking}
+
+
Licensing
----------
-
+--------------------------------------------------
+
This software is licensed under the terms you may find in the file named "LICENSE" in this directory.
-
-
-
diff --git a/distro/descriptor.xml b/distro/descriptor.xml
index 21d8c88..343fcb9 100644
--- a/distro/descriptor.xml
+++ b/distro/descriptor.xml
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
READMELICENSE
- INSTALL
- MAINTAINERS
+ profile.xmlchangelog.xml755
@@ -24,19 +23,14 @@
-
+
/${artifactId}
-
-
- /${artifactId}
- true
-
-
\ No newline at end of file
+
diff --git a/distro/svnpath.txt b/distro/svnpath.txt
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index e69de29..0000000